Roofing or siding.



10.767,723. l PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

F. w. TBRYBNING.

RooPING 0B.. SIDING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1904.

I0 MODEL.

INvENTo R. FRANK W. TERPEMNG.

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meut thereto, the present invention having UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1.904.

PATENT OFFTCE.

ROOFING OR SlDlN G.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 767,723, dated August 16, 1904.

Application med January 29, 1904. Serial da. 191,234. (Remodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. FRANK 1V. TERPENING, A a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the" State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful lm provej ments in Roofing or Siding, ot' which the following is a full,- clear, and exact description, reference being hadtoA the accompanying v drawings, forming part of this specitication.

My invention relates to that class of readymade rooting or siding which is composed of g a series oflayers of impervious material rendered waterproof b vthe application of cei reference to roofing or siding sheets of this character in which is incorporated a layer of wire fabric to add strength and resistance to wear incident to the handling and service of the roofing or siding.

The invention consists in feature."I of novelty hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a perspective view of a sectin of my improved roofing or siding. Fig. II is a fragmentary View of one of the rooting or siding sheets, partly broken out toillustrate the various layers of material incorporated therein. Fig. III is an enlarged section of i one ofthe rooting or siding sheets.

A designates sheets of vmy improved roofing or siding, each ot' which is provided .at one end with a lap surface B. rlhe rooting or siding sheets are each composed of a bottom layer 1 of fibrous wool-felt, onto which is laid a layer or coating 2 of cement, such as asphalt. Above the layer 9. of asphalt is a layer or sheet 3 of wire fabric, which is surmounted by a layer or coating of cement, such as asphalt. The

ayers'of` cement 2 and 4 permeate into the mes of the wire-fabric sheet 3 and furnish adhesion between said wire fabric and the bottom layer of wool-felt, thereby rendering the g sheet of rooting or siding intact throughout. Onto the topmost layer 4 of cement Iapply a l layer 5 of crushed granite, gravel, or other suitable granular material, which by embedl ding` into the topmost layer of cement becomes an integral part of the rooting or sid ing sheets.

ular material for the purpose of furnishing the lap surface B, thereby exposing the adjacent portion of the .vire fabric 3, so that the next adjoining rooting or sidmv sheet may be positioned over said lap surface, as illustrated in Fig. I, the lap surface being designed toreceive acoating of cement just previous to the assemblage of the rooting or `siding sheets in the process of applying them upon a roof or the side of a building, as will be readily understood. It will be seen that by continuing a At one end of each roofing or siding sheet l E omit the topmost layers of cement and granthe wire fabric to the lap surface of each sheet of rooting orl siding the strength afforded thereby is included at the lap surface of each sheet and that, moreover, the cement freshly applied to the wire fabric in the process of laying the roof or siding will enter into the mesh thereof, providing for additional degree of adhesion due to the greater quantity of cementJ that it is possible to apply over the wire-fabric surface.

It will be seen that the cement upon the upper face of the layer 1 of telt is exposed at the lap B through the sheet of Awire fabric 3, and therefore when an additional coating of cement is applied to the lap it will cause the cement previously on .the lap to become heated, whereby the old and fresh layers of eement combine to afford greater tenacity of adhesion between the lap 1 of the rooting or siding sheet and the adjoining surmounting roofing or siding sheet positioned over said lap. By continuing the wire fabric to form the lap portion of the sheet l obtain greatei` strength at said lap than is possible where the lap p01'- tion is provided, due to the discontinuance of the top layer of the sheet only to expose a lower layer of fabric or paper, as has been heretofore proposed, this being a important feature., inuslntzcli as the lap portion is necessarily weult'ened by discontinuing the portion of the sheet thcreat, and it .is highly impori l I l portion Composed of wool-felt, cement and wire fabrlc arranged in layers from bottom to I O top in the order named.

A FRANK W. TERPENING.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, BLANCHE HOGAN. 

